'Suck' definitions:
Definition of 'suck'
From: WordNet
noun
verb
Draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast"
verb
Draw something in by or as if by a vacuum; "Mud was sucking at her feet"
verb
Attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.; "The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad" [syn: suck, suck in]
verb
Be inadequate or objectionable; "this sucks!"
verb
verb
Take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words" [syn: absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up]
verb
Give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places" [syn: breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck] [ant: bottlefeed]
Definition of 'Suck'
From: GCIDE
- Suck \Suck\ (s[u^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sucked (s[u^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Sucking.] [OE. suken, souken, AS. s[=u]can, s[=u]gan; akin to D. zuigen, G. saugen, OHG. s[=u]gan, Icel. s[=u]ga, sj[=u]ga, Sw. suga, Dan. suge, L. sugere. Cf. Honeysuckle, Soak, Succulent, Suction.]
- 1. To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressure; to draw, or apply force to, by exhausting the air. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To draw liquid from by the action of the mouth; as, to suck an orange; specifically, to draw milk from (the mother, the breast, etc.) with the mouth; as, the young of an animal sucks the mother, or dam; an infant sucks the breast. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To draw in, or imbibe, by any process resembles sucking; to inhale; to absorb; as, to suck in air; the roots of plants suck water from the ground. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To draw or drain. [1913 Webster]
- Old ocean, sucked through the porous globe. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up. [1913 Webster]
- As waters are by whirlpools sucked and drawn. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- To suck in, to draw into the mouth; to imbibe; to absorb.
- To suck out, to draw out with the mouth; to empty by suction.
- To suck up, to draw into the mouth; to draw up by suction or absorption. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Suck'
From: GCIDE
- Suck \Suck\, v. i.
- 1. To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with the mouth, or through a tube. [1913 Webster]
- Where the bee sucks, there suck I. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To draw milk from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the young of an animal, is first nourished by sucking. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To draw in; to imbibe; to partake. [1913 Webster]
- The crown had sucked too hard, and now, being full, was like to draw less. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To be objectionable, of very poor quality, or offensive; as, telemarketing calls really suck; he's a good actor, but his singing sucks. [Colloq.] [PJC]
Definition of 'Suck'
From: GCIDE
- Suck \Suck\, n.
- 1. The act of drawing with the mouth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is drawn into the mouth by sucking; specifically, mikl drawn from the breast. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A small draught. [Colloq.] --Massinger. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Juice; succulence. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'suck'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apple-polisher,
- aspirate,
- aspiration,
- ass-licker,
- backscratcher,
- backslapper,
- beverage,
- bib,
- bleed,
- bootlick,
- bootlicker,
- booze,
- breathe in,
- broach,
- brown-nose,
- brownie,
- bumper,
- clawback,
- courtier,
- creature,
- cringer,
- decant,
- draft,
- draft off,
- drain,
- drain the cup,
- dram,
- draw,
- draw from,
- draw in,
- draw off,
- drench,
- drink,
- drink in,
- drink off,
- drink to,
- drink up,
- drop,
- dupe,
- empty,
- exhaust,
- fawner,
- flatterer,
- flunky,
- footlicker,
- gargle,
- groveler,
- gulp,
- guzzle,
- handshaker,
- helot,
- imbibe,
- inhalation,
- inhale,
- inhalement,
- inspiration,
- inspire,
- instrument,
- jackal,
- jigger,
- jolt,
- kowtower,
- lackey,
- lap,
- led captain,
- let,
- let blood,
- let out,
- libation,
- lickspit,
- lickspittle,
- mealymouth,
- milk,
- minion,
- nip,
- peg,
- peon,
- phlebotomize,
- pipette,
- pledge,
- portion,
- potation,
- potion,
- pull,
- pump,
- pump out,
- puppet,
- quaff,
- reptile,
- round,
- round of drinks,
- serf,
- shot,
- sip,
- siphon off,
- slave,
- slurp,
- sniff,
- sniffle,
- snifter,
- snort,
- snuff,
- snuff in,
- snuffle,
- spaniel,
- spot,
- stooge,
- suck in,
- suck out,
- sucking,
- suckle,
- suction,
- sup,
- swig,
- swill,
- sycophant,
- tap,
- timeserver,
- tipple,
- toad,
- toadeater,
- toady,
- toast,
- tool,
- toss down,
- toss off,
- tot,
- truckler,
- tufthunter,
- venesect,
- wash down,
- wet,
- yes-man